The Affordable Care Act’s Burden on American Businesses and Workers
She works hard; her eyes droop with tiredness most of the time. She arrives late and her concentration on the job is limited because of the anxieties weighing on her mind. With a young son to provide for and rent due next week, the strain of working two jobs was taking its toll. Such is the reality of many Americans. The Affordable Care Act brought on by President Obama to insure everyone has health insurance brings a difficult problem. This policy categorizes thirty hours as full time and requires businesses with over fifty employees to offer health insurance to full time employees. Employers instead have chosen to cut many employees' hours to less than thirty per week to avoid the high cost of health insurance, forcing many Americans to take on second jobs to survive. The Affordable Care Act is detrimental because it places an economic and emotional strain on employees, and employers are faced with huge financial
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In the example above, single income earners are faced with a decision; take one job with the limitations on hours or take two jobs and sacrifice time with family. With the restriction on hours worked, overtime is nonexistent and some people like Luke Perfect, who has worked at Subway for over ten years will feel the pain financially. When he realized his hours would get cut back, He said this will impact him greatly, "I'm barely scraping by with overtime," he quotes. These stories are dismissed by the Obama administration and instead Jason Furman, chairman of The Council of Economic Advisors, claims "We are seeing no systematic evidence that the Affordable Care Act is having an adverse impact on job growth or the number of hours employees are working. These claims ignore the real stories happening in all over in America (Myers, L., & Mears, C.